Manama: The memories of a Saudi couple have been ruined after their home was burgled on their wedding day.
The couple arrived home after a day of celebration to find their new home had been broken into.
“The burglar not only stole items from our home, he also robbed us of a great joy, maybe the greatest occasion in my life,” Abdul Aziz Bin Idriss Al Driss, the groom, said.
“On Friday evening, and following a great evening of celebrations with relatives and friends, I was shocked to discover that our new home had been burgled,” he said, quoted by local news site Sabq on Tuesday.
Traditional wedding celebrations in Saudi Arabia and other Gulf countries see men attend a reception while women have a separate, usually much more lavish, party.
The burglar reportedly broke into the newlyweds' home through the front door and made his way into the bedroom where he took whatever valuables he found.
“The haul includes a laptop, an iPad, two watches, around SR30,000 and some other valuables,” Abdul Aziz said.
“I hope they [the police] will arrest him quickly so that I can recuperate the stolen items,” he said. “Unfortunately, the burglar has marred the special day,” he said.
Online readers sought to raise the groom’s morale, urging him to forget the incident and to focus on having a happy life with his bride.
